Hindi Movie Ghatothkach Review

Indian animated movie with budget of Rs. 20 crores and released in 7 languages altogether is about mythological son of Bhim and his wife Hidimba. He said to have combination of strength and magical power. The main character of the movie.. the Ghatothkach is not so famous as of Hanuman but the tale is full of comedy, masala, myth and magic.

Ghatothkach, is full of power and magic  and fond of Jungles, once he saves a young elephant which laid the foundation of the friendship between Ghatotkach and the elephant. There are few comedy sequence between the elephant and the Ghatothkach while their endless Jungle adventure.

There is a love bond between Arjun's son Abhimanyu and Balram's daughter Surekha as their parents decided them to get married when they grow up but later on as of conflict between Pandavs and Kauravas, the parents of Surekha decides to not marry her as Pandavas are no more wealthier.  Here comes Ghatothkach, to save the love of cousins, he help them and make them unit.

A much part of the movie is devoted to the Abhimanyu and Surekha and the story becomes somewhat elderly here. So what is story? Seems movie has been made with effort to make compatible for both ie. elder as well children.

Animation of movie is lot inspired from Disney style frames, few songs are rather in 3D animation. Which looks better but I think should have either gone for 2D only or 3D only. Mixture of two do not look too good. It is sure that Indians still have to move far more ahead in area of animation. Ofcourse is better than previous animated features but there are many technical areas where advancements is required. At places, it feels that the animation has been compromised. Professionalism is must now a days so such acts just leaves bad impression.
 
Story is rather musical, the songs Main hun Ghatothkach and Angalika bangalika are fun and other musical scores are acceptable.  Background music appears as if you heard it before but is bearable.

For children its sure a delight to watch but overall a nice effort but still a long way to go. Also, a appeal, every one thinks that only mythological characters have scope for better animation movie ? No, please come up with some fresh heroes and plots too.

Rating: 3 out of 5